01.15.2024 - By Richie T Steadman
Temple Rededication
St George Utah Temple – #1
Presided by President Jeffery Holland on December 10th.
Joined by Son, Matthew Holland, Gerald Causse, Kevin Duncan, and Brian Taylor
Presiden Holland was baptized in the temple baptismal font, as well as endowed and sealed to the late Patricia Holland.
Rededicatory prayer – All temple dedicatory prayers are published in the Church News. Look up specific ones the dedicatory prayers of every temple at churchofjesuschristtemples.org
Temple Dedications Announced
Urdaneta Philippines Temple
Open House: March 15-30, 2024
Dedication: April 28th by Dallin Oaks
Third in the Philippines, 10 more are planned.
Announced in 2010, It took 13 years, 6th months to compete
5th longest temple to complete.
Puebla Mexico Temple
Open House: March 29th to April 20, 2024
Dedication: May 19th by Gerrit Gong
14th in Mexico, 9 more are planned.
Layton Utah Temple
Open House: April 19th to June 1, 2024
Dedication: June 16th by David Bednar
20th in Utah, total of 28.
Temple Sites Announced
McKinney Texas Temple
Announced in October 2022 as the Prosper Texas Temple
8.16 acre site on Stacey Road in Fairview Texas
Located across the street from the City of Allen.
Stiffed Mayor in Prosper and Fairview?
Multi-story temple of 44,000 sq. ft.
Will likely be sandwiched between two christian churches
Vacant property on the corner owned by Twin Creeks Church of Christ – who has a church in Allen close to an LDS chapel.
Antananarivo Madagascar Temple
10 acre site
Meetinghouse for the Ambohijanahary and Ambohimanarina Wards.
Located next to the U.S. Embassy
10,000 sq. ft. single level Temple with a Patron housing and Arrival facilities
Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple
5 acre site on Rosario Limketkai Avenue
Down the road from the Limketkai Center Mall
Church has posted signs on the site since at least september 2022
Site Clearing as occurred this year
18,499 sq. ft. two-story temple (Similar to Davao)
Announced in April 2018 (First batch of announcements by RMN)
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